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From: mike@raven.uss.tek.com (Mike Ewan)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix
Subject: Re: client installation problem solved
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Date: 5 Dec 90 17:37:28 GMT
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|> The problem was knocked almost on the head by the latter two. The etc/hosts
|> file on the server was set up wrong - for some reason it had the line
|> 127.0.0.1 localhost zeus

This happens during the OS install.  When the install program asks for your
host name it sticks it in /etc/hosts as above, and when you run netsetup
it doesn't fix it.  Arrgh.

Mike

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